The Algoma Sweater Makers group collects and uses hundreds of skeins of yarn each year to create handmade sweaters for children in need.

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Alyssa Bloechl
| Kewaunee County Star-News

In 12 years, more than 5,000 sweaters have been knitted or crocheted and donated to children who need them through the efforts of about 40 women who gather once a month in the United Methodist Church in Algoma.

In 2001, former Pastor Becky Kindschi suggested some of the congregation come together and join a worldwide project called "Knit for Kids," in affiliation with Guideposts magazine. Six or seven women began stitching together what would become more than just knitting, but a community. The Algoma Sweater Makers were formed.